Secretary of Navy Derby Relieves Captain Stearns Over Discipline
Washington June 24 Captain C D Stearns of the battleship Michigan is relieved of command on Admiral Wilson's recommendation to curb soviet tendencies. The action follows Stearns creation of a morale committee that allowed crew discussion of disciplinary matters and reflects the policy that discipline is the sole duty of the commanding officer.
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Washington
Admiral Wilson
Derby
C. D. Stearns
Michigan
Daniels
Stearns
Denby
Labor Federation condemns Hearst and urges trials
The Federation of Labor at its convention denounced William Randolph Hearst as a traitor to America and to Ireland and opposed universal compulsory military training. It endorsed pardons or retrials for Thomas Mooney and Warren K Billings and called on President Harding to investigate the Hammond Indiana strike riots and gun violence at the Standard Steel Car plant.
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Associated Press
Denver
Federation of Labor Convention
Gompers
Hearst
America
Ireland
Thomas Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Harding
Standard Steel Car Company
Hammond
Ind
Middle West Bankers Visit With President
A group of prominent bankers from the Middle West met President Harding in Washington to press for rapid rehabilitation of domestic industry and a timely adjustment of transportation authorities as essential steps.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Arnstein and four others jailed for stolen securities
Washington June 24 Jules Nicky Arnstein and four others were sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for their recent conviction of bringing stolen securities into the District of Columbia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jules Nicky Arnstein
District of Columbia
De Valera Arrested Near Black Rock Then Released
Dublin reports President Eamon De Valera of the Irish Republic was arrested near Black Rock yesterday but released shortly after. Government officials indicated there is no plan to detain him.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Devalera
Irish Republic
Black Rock
Life Term inmate shot by guard dies in prison attack
Walla Walla June 24 John Vandall a life term prisoner was shot by a guard during an assault on another inmate. His wound proved fatal.
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Associated Press
Walla Walla
John ‘Vandall
General Freight Cut Is Ordered
Seattle June 24 The Pacific Steamship Company announced a general reduction in coastwise freight rates effective about July 1. The details of the new tariff have not yet been revealed.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Pacific Steamship Company
Judiciary panel backs anti liquor bill and limits
The house judiciary committee reported favorably a bill to bar beer as medicine and to limit physicians to one hundred whiskey prescriptions in ninety days. It would extend platead enforcement act to Hawaii and the Virgin Islands.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Hawaiian
Virgin Islands
Pennsylvania Man Nominated to Tariff Commission
President Harding named William Burgess of Morris Heights Pennsylvania to the tariff commission and Associate Justice Marion Devries as presiding judge of the court of customs appeals in a June 24 announcement from Washington.
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Washington
Harding
William Burgess
Morris Heights
Penn
Tariff Commission
Marion Devries
Court of Customs Appeals
Coast Guard Boat to Protect Salmon Traps
The Coast Guard cutter Bothwell under Capt. W. K. Compson sails from Sitka to Ketchikan to patrol the inside passage and defend salmon traps from pirates. The schooner aims to deter threats to fishing operations and safeguard coastal resources.
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Coast Guard
Seatily
Sane Guard
Bothwell
W. K. Compson
Ketchikan
Voters Oppose Wage Cut Plan at Southern Pacific Shops
Sacramento June 24 Sixteen in favor of the wage reduction and four hundred opposed in the Southern Pacific railway shopmen's vote on accepting the federal labor board decision.
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Sacramento
Southern Pacific Railway
Federal Labor Board
Federal prohibition officers ordered to reinstate personnel
Washington June 24 federal prohibition directors were instructed to reinstate all reliable enforcement officers. The move follows concerns raised over Zagamt charters in Sandy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Prohibition
Sandy
Wood campaign fund accounting sought in Cincinnati bill
W C Proctor of Cincinnati files with the court a bill asking accounting from eight Leonard Wood campaign committee organizers. It is alleged that $813000 was used in funds expended to promote Wood's candidacy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. C. Proctor
Cincinnati
Leonard Wood
Wood
Shipping Board Deals Questionable Claims in Surplus Sale
In San Francisco on June 24 H B Miller charges the Shipping Board entered contracts totaling 5 000 000 to 7 000 000 for surplus materials. District Attorney Frank Silva said he would refer the matter to the grand jury. The Bartle Company of Portland is said to be involved in shipbuilders supplies.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
H. B. Miller
Shipping Board
Frank Silva
Bartle Company
Portland
Bartle & Sons Deny San Francisco Grand Jury Report
In Frisco the company Bartle & Sons deny the San Francisco grand jury report alleging improper disposal of Shipping Board surplus material. The Associated Press filed the dispatch from Portland on June 24.
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Company
Frisco
Associated Press
Portland
Bartle & Sons
San Francisco Grand Jury
Shipping Board
Anti-Jap Law Before Court On Test Case
A federal court hearing Petitioner Frank Terrace seeks injunction to block enforcement of the anti alien land law. Terrace, a farmer, argues the act contradicts treaties between the United States and Japan. The case tests the law’s constitutionality in Tacuma.
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Tacuma
Frank Terrace
United States
Japan
Michigan man named ambassador to Japan
President Harding nominates Michigan Republican Charles B. Warren as ambassador to Japan. The same action names William Miller Collier, president of George Washington University, as ambassador to Chile.
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Michigan
Japan
Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Charles B. Warren
Republican National
Canadian village destroyed by forest fires
The village of Villa Bay in Quebec was completely wiped out by forest fires on June 24. All inhabitants were saved, according to Associated Press reports.
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Ity Associated Press
Quebec
Villa Bay
Bozeman Votes on Change to City Manager Government
In Bozeman Montana a vote is set for June 28 on adopting the commissioner manager form of government. A voluntary citizens committee has formed to inform residents about the proposed plan and its implications.
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Bozeman
Associated Press
Mont
Fe Kta
Theater Collapse in Barnesboro Kills Seven in Pa
Seven killed and nine rescued from the Barnesboro theater collapse in Johnstown area as a severe storm hinders details and wires are down. Local reports confirm multiple injuries and ongoing rescue efforts amid dangerous conditions.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Barnesboro
Uproar at Northern Baptist Meeting Over Gift
A violent session at the Northern Baptist convention in Des Moines ended with the acceptance of a $1,750,000 anonymous gift to the trust fund despite Rev. M. F. Boynton of Chicago accusing past mismanagement. The specifics about the University of Chicago and Divinity School were disputed as false charges sparked the chaotic exchange.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Northern Baptist Convention
M. F. Boynton
Chicago
University of Chicago and
Divinityschool
Public reprimand for Admiral Sims issued
Washington June 24 The Secretary of the Navy Denby publicly reprimanded Admiral Sims for his Trish speech.
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Admiral Sims
Associated Press
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Trish
Navy Bill Totals About 414 Million With Senate-House Gap
Washington report states the naval bill totals roughly 414 million dollars after conferees finalize figures. The appropriation rises by 18 million over the House figure and trails the Senate total by eighty million.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Creole State Held for Engine Tampering Probe
The Pacific Mail steamer Creole State is detained in Manila for repairs and an inquiry into engine tampering after emery dust is found in bearings. The second engineer has been arrested and further arrests are expected.
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Associated Press
Manila
Pacific Mail
Attempt on Life of French General Gourand
Damascus June 24. Bandits unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate General Gourand commander of the French army in the east.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Gourand
Journey Through East by Prairie Schooner
Wallace Idaho June 24 an old time prairie schooner arrived carrying Mr and Mrs E F Leard and their three children on a journey from Los Angeles to Mount Pleasant Iowa Seventy two driving days had been recorded by the time they reached Wallace The summit of the Cascades was crossed in 18 inches of snow and the travelers spoke of the coldest weather encountered in California
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Associated Press
Wallace
Idaho
West
E. F. Leard
Los Angeles
Mount Pleasant
Towa
Cascades
Caliternia
Memorial hall to host Chaplin film sparks Avon Hall uproar
London telegram reports Norman Wilkinson, Stratford on Avon Shakespeare Memorial hall governor, supports showing Charlie Chaplin films to fund the memorial. Critics call it vulgar and sacrilegious, while Wilkinson argues photographs move and English cinema can carry a festival film. He urges trustees to choose a Shakespeare of the movies. The debate rages across letters to the editor.
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International News Service
London
Shakespeare Memorial Hall
Stratford On Avon
Avon
Charlie
Memorial Hall
Norman Wilkinson
Memorial Theater
Shakespear
Charlie Chaplin
Governors Cancel Alaska Trip Planned for July
Salem Ore June 24 The proposed excursion of governors to Alaska in July has been cancelled by telegram from the secretary of the governor's conference. The reason given is that not enough governors had agreed to make the trip.
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Associated Press
Salem
Ore
Alaska
Reward Split For Train Bandit Capture In California
San Francisco reports a $200 reward for the capture of Roy Gardner and Morris Pryon will be shared among Louis Sonny a Centralia policeman who captured Gardner Mrs Marion Howell of Centralia who provided the lead Roy Carroll of Castlerock the boy who spotted Pyron and W A Pratt who captured him.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Roy Gardner
Morris Pryon
Louis Sonny
Centralia
Gardner
Marion Howell
Roy Carroll
Castlerock
Pyron
W. A. Pratt
First Administration Bill Before Congress
President Harding sent to Congress a bill granting the secretary of the treasury unrestricted authority to refund $10,000,000 owed by Allied nations. The measure would allow exchanging securities for notes and deferring interest and principal as he sees fit.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Harding
Secretary of the Treasury
Borah Attacks Service Men's Bonus Bill in Senate
Senator Borah yesterday opened his campaign against the service men bonus bill calling the proposal discreditable in its present form to the Republican party. The remarks were delivered in Washington on June 24.
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Associated Press
Washington
Borah
Republican Party
Mex regulars and bandits in battle
Laredo Texas June 24 reports say a clash between Mexican troops and bandits left eight dead and two hundred wounded.
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MEX
Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Double Hanging in Chicago Over Abyssinian Riots
Chicago reports Grover Reed ing and Oscar McGavick, both Negroes, were hanged together for killing Robert Rose in connection with the Abyssinian riots last June.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Grover Reeding
Oscar McGavick
Robert Rose
Bombing hits Cork police barracks in June clash
Cork reports a bombing of police barracks during street fighting on June 24 causing one death and four wounded. Local authorities and emergency responders battled the disturbance as the incident unfolded in the city streets.
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Associated Press
Cork
Wousied
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